Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

We're in a section right now that probably won't be your favorite, but persevere.

This is setting us up to understand a lot about God and His story.

When we have passages like this as we will from time to time, don't try to remember all

these details.

There isn't a quiz.

Just try to come away from this with an overall idea of the function and purpose and meaning

of it all.

Try seeing what ties all these details together and asking yourself what those details

reveal to you about God.

First of all, why would he pay this kind of attention to detail?

And second of all, why would he include these things in a book that would long outlive

the use of the things he's describing?

Whatever these difficult passages show us about him is still in effect, even if the offerings

and sacrifices and garments aren't.

By the way, if the idea of animal sacrifice bothers you, here's something that may be helpful

to remember.

God isn't the one causing it.

Man's sin is.

Hebrews 9.22 says, under the law almost everything is purified with blood.

And without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins.

This is his provision.

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